Dice Server  

The dice server provides impartial rolls for players of board games by
mail. To use, send a message to dice@pbm.com containing: 

#P mail address of a player     [up to 10 #P lines allowed]
#S no. of sides on every die
#D no. of dice for every roll
#R no. of rolls requested
#L no. of rolls printed per line in output
#C comments                     [up to 100 #C lines allowed]
#T subject line of returned mail

Number of sides, dice, and rolls must be in the range 1-1000, inclusive.
Number of rolls printed per line must be in the range 1-20, inclusive. 

For example: 

   From: skrenta@pbm.com (Rich Skrenta)
   To: dice@pbm.com
   Subject: sample

   #P desj@ccr-p.ida.org
   #P 74361.2617@compuserve.com
   #S 6
   #D 1
   #R 2
   #L 2
   #C Line 1: 7 German subs (restricted) vs. 4 fleets, 3 ASW
   #C No SAC.
   #C Please declare sub warfare for next turn.
   #T A3R Game 3H, Spring 1942, SW Resolution

Response: 

   From: dice-admin@pbm.com (Dice server)
   Subject: A3R Game 3H, Spring 1942, SW Resolution
   To: Rich Skrenta 
   Cc: desj@ccr-p.ida.org
   Cc: 74361.2617@compuserve.com

   Dice rolls requested by: Rich Skrenta 

   # Line 1: 7 German subs (restricted) vs. 4 fleets, 3 ASW
   # No SAC.
   # Please declare sub warfare for next turn.
   
   No. of sides on every die:      6
   No. of dice for every roll:     1
   No. of dice rolls requested:    2
   No. of rolls per line:          2
   
   4   6

       Dice server PGP key 
       MD5-based random number generator used by the dice server 

The dice server is a public service provided by Shadow Island Games. 


Rich Skrenta (skrenta@pbm.com)